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Hume Highway (South Western Freeway) & South Western Motorway (Metroad 5) - Historic Images: St Andrews to Campbelltown (Decommissioned)

• Length: 44 km (St Andrews to Campbelltown: 6 km)
• North Eastern Terminus: Interchange with General Holmes Drive (Metroad 1) at Kyeemagh, near Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney.
• South Western Terminus: Interchange with Narellan Road (Metroad 9) and Hume Highway (NH31) at Campbelltown.
• Miscellaneous: South Western Mwy offical end is at Prestons, where the road name switches to Hume Highway. Continues as NH31 from Narellan Road interchange at Campbelltown.
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: St Andrews, Raby, Eagle Vale, Woodbine, Claymore, Blairmount and Cambelltown.

Route Numbering:

• Former:
• Decommissioned: 2013
• Road Authority Internal Classification: HW2 (Casula to Campbelltown) 1

General Information:

Metroad 5 is a major arterial route from the Airport and CBD to the south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is the only Metroad that is fully freeway standard, which was acheived in December 2002 when traffic lights that operated at Moorebank (Moorebank Av) for over 15 years were switched off, being replaced by an overpass.

The Casula bypass and Moorebank Avenue to King Georges Road sections are owned by Interlink Roads Pty Limited. The M5 East, the Liverpool Bridge and the Hume Highway are RTA owned. The tolling arrangements on the tolled section started as a 30 year operating contract, with the original date of reverting to the public being August 2022. However the Moorebank Avenue overpass works have extended the contract by 1.1 years, putting the revised reversion date at September 2023.

The Glenfield to Woodbine section of the freeway was once part of the NSW freeway numbering scheme and used to be numbered F5. Which was phased out in the 1980s, replaced with National Highway 31.

History:

• 26 October 1973: A six mile (9.7 km) section of the South Western Freeway (formerly F5, now Hume Hwy (Metroad 5)) from Cross Roads to Raby Road opened. 2
• December 1974: Construction completed between Camden Valley Way at The Crossroads to Narellan Road completed. 2

The photos shown below are scanned from the DMR publication South Western Freeway, F5 from The Cross Roads near Liverpool to Aylmerton near Mittagong, which was published in December 1980.

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	St andrews Road: Painted handrails were a feature of many of the overbridges, including this one at St Andrews Rd, 1977. Image © Deparment of Main Roads New South Wales
	Campbelltown Road: One of several bridge abutment styles used along the freeway, Campelltown Rd onloading ramp at Woodbine, 1977. Image © Deparment of Main Roads New South Wales
	Claymore: One of the many residential developments that sprung up beside the route. 1975. Image © Deparment of Main Roads New South Wales
	Narellan Road Interchange: An aerial view looking south, showing the construction of the Narellan Rd (then Camden Rd) interchange at Campbelltown. 1977. Image © Deparment of Main Roads New South Wales
	Narellan Road: One of several bridge abutment styles used along the freeway, Narellan Rd interchange, 1977. Image © Deparment of Main Roads New South Wales

1 Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads (and unclassified Regional Roads), 25 February 2008
2 Department of Main Roads New South Wales, South Western Freeway, F5 from The Cross Roads near Liverpool to Aylmerton near Mittagong

Last updated: 08 Nov 2019 01:09

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